30th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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30th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
Active	August 28, 1861 to July 24, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Belmont Battle of Champion's Hill Battle of Big Black River Siege of Vicksburg Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Atlanta Battle of Jonesboro March to the Sea Battle of Bentonville

The 30th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that

served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] Service

The 30th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into

Federal service on August 28, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out on July 16, 1865 and discharged at Chicago, Illinois on July 24, 1865.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 10 officers and 115 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of

their wounds and 2 officers and 218 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 345

fatalities.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel Philip B. Fouke
• Colonel Elias S. Dennis
• Colonel Warren Shedd - Mustered out with the

regiment.^[2]

[edit] See also

• List of Illinois Civil War Units
• Illinois in the American Civil War

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf3.htm#30th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
2. ^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/030-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive